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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
1
A cautious weather forecast notes a slight thaw in sheltered spots as a cold wave moves eastward from Minnesota toward Parkersburg. Temperatures rise from 10 to 9 below zero by Monday morning with expected gradual warming and possible light snow flurries in Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys.
Gov Durbin and Auditor Hart toured the building to inspect widespread cold as window frames leak and wood wears away. Janitors added weather strips while temperatures ranged widely from near freezing to above 70 in different areas. Officials believe moving boilers from the northwest basement toward the center could improve heating.
Across Indiana a brutal cold wave caused deaths and severe injuries. Reports from Logansport Kokomo Hartford City Lafayette Madison Frankfort Muncie Brazil Laurel Romney detail frozen bodies gas shortages and fuel scarcities. Degrees dropped wildly with widespread hardship.
A Gypsy woman from Gas City entered the Charity Organization Society on Monday. She presented a long discourse on charity work and offered to lecture to raise funds but was told the organization would not alter its established methods.
The canal near the banks froze Monday morning allowing skating from Military Park to North Street and toward Broad Ripple. Hundreds enjoyed the sport as the river remained unfrozen. Ice measured two inches on some ponds with good quality though full ice houses require a few more hours of cold. Local ads note pianos for sale and horse feed products.
Indianapolis street railway company continued running loaded cars over the W Washington street bridge on Monday after a warning from City Engineer Nelson and a conference with Mayor Bookwalter and the Board of Works. Nelson cited partially broken rods and warned the operation was at the company’s risk. officials from the company claimed repairs have been made and that passengers are advised to disembark if they fear danger.
Indiana state auditor Hart claims Indiana is the most prosperous state and will pay all optional debt by the end of Governor Durbin’s term. He notes a $29,185 interest payment was sent and details the debt held by entities like the German Savings Bank in New York and Albertina Payne of New York. The state intends to retire $317,000 ahead in January, leaving $2,296,000 payable on options and $1,085,000 not due until 1915. The total debt totals $28,698,000.
In the state house last week a red whiskered thief stole two overcoats from the state school superintendent’s office. One belonged to Deputy Lower and the other to Deputy Hester. The thief, calm and quick, slipped a coat from the press and walked out main door before Hester noticed. Police were alerted with a full description.
Four residents of the Shiel apartment house report a break in as doors to Miller and Gray rooms were found open at dawn. Four gold watches and $68 vanished, with Miller losing $50, Martin $12, and Gray $6.50. Police have no leads.
Reports from Atlantic City say Captain W. A. Andrews and his bride, who sailed a 18 foot boat from here on September 28 to cross the Atlantic, have not been heard from since. It is feared they were drowned as they aimed to reach Portugal in six to eight weeks.
R M Smock and W H Armstrong met Gov Durbin to discuss moving the state encampment to Indianapolis for the soldiers monument dedication next May. Committees for the dedication may be enlarged and placed in charge of the encampment. Engineer Samuel Schutt and three assistants toured the state capitol without coats, a cold weather habit. W W Huffman, Anderson secretary of the last senate, sought the governor’s favor for Madison county clerk candidacy and weighed gubernatorial influence in the district. Friends push for John Gillette’s supreme court appointment as Judge Baker departs for the federal bench, with Armand Knotts in Hammond backing Gillette.
Wellington Maryland reports that Republicans plan to place Senator McLaurin of South Carolina on majority committee assignments. The decision signals shifting allegiances as party lines appear unclear, with doubts about his future role.
Coal dealers report Monday sales surpassing any memory with 640 and 700 orders at two firms. Residents beg for fuel while some homes lack gas and heat. Prices rise sharply across grades from Indiana Jump at 3.25 to Anthracite at 7.25 per ton and coke options at 2.75 to 6.50.
C K MacFadden of Geneva Ind recounts visiting the American Lubricant Oil Co in Chicago and being told of 135 barrels daily from a Jasper county field the firm claims. He contests the figures and asks Prof Blatchley to join in action against the company for garbling the 1900 report.
The city’s first Sunday closing left most shops shut including groceries meat markets and feed sellers. A man tried to break in at a meat market then quipped to a bystander about his mother in law and dinner plans before wandering off to find an open place.
Senator Jones proposed a resolution from Congress to tender thanks to Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and his command for their conduct in destroying the Spanish fleet at Santiago Bay on July 3 1898. Secretary Long said a formal protest by Schley could prompt a new inquiry, with a Hay-Pauncefote treaty vote expected late Monday.
Heat woes hit county courts Monday as circuit and superior rooms 2 lie cold with radiators blocked by rust and scale. Engineers say old pipes and new strainers cut circulation. workers clean strainers and a new softened water system at the power plant operates well after a tank replacement that injured L. L. Lancaster weeks ago.
Republican candidates debate timing of the state convention with some urging an earlier meeting next spring while others expect Congress to remain in session longer. One candidate notes the awkwardness of passing resolutions on potential questions Congress may raise, and predicts the convention might not occur before June.
Willis Alph a colored porter was declared sane Monday after being found to imagine an electric device in his fingers. John W Little proprietor of the Little hotel Cumberland was declared insane and confined in the insane hospital. Affidavit by his brother E W Little of Indianapolis.
At a Monday meeting Methodist ministers refused to endorse starting a local Indianapolis paper saying they had no authority to take on the project. Proponents may still publish the paper, though ministers favor official church papers whose profits support retired ministers.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey boxed a friendly five round exhibition for the theatrical business men's club in New York on December 16. No hard blows were landed as both men acted groggy and feigned knockdowns, with a well-known actor serving as referee. The match was ruled a draw.
Two deaths from diphtheria occur in one night in the Higgins household at 317 Susquehanna Street. Four more children fall ill, while a neighbor child also contracts the disease as Dr. Furniss reports the outbreak and warns of further spread.
Secretary Grout describes the Charity Organization Society in Indianapolis using telephone relief and local dealers to meet needs. The group coordinates with other bodies, teaches self-reliance, and rescues children from basements, aiming for lasting family stability rather than temporary aid.
Thomas Whitford twenty two was committed to Julietta insane hospital but remained in the city prison with transient prisoners. Turn key Long says efforts are made to move him while trustee delays persevere. Bailiff Dawson supplied clothes after Whitford shivered for days.
In North Indianapolis detectives pursue Ulysses S Grim his wife May and Maggie Hacket after a $50 stolen from Mrs Whitesides home was passed to Grim for a grocery bill. Grim and May face charges of receiving stolen goods while Hacket is charged with larceny. Trial is set for Tuesday. Mrs Grim is noted as ex wife of Bill Malady linked to a prior fatal riverbank shooting.
Two young children of A. R. Hovey living at 3012 North Meridian Street have diphtheria, prompting health officials to monitor the household and advise precautionary measures.
A.J. Ot Gist of Washington Street looked into his furnace Sunday night and suffered facial burns when gas puffed from the door. He is bandaged and his hair mustache and eyebrows will regrow in weeks.
Snow flurries tonight and Tuesday with below freezing temperatures. The cold wave peaked at 19 below zero Sunday morning and eased slowly. Temperatures varied from 3 above to 10 below during Saturday into Sunday, with shifting winds and widespread colder readings across Indiana Illinois Ohio Kentucky Michigan.
An old advertisement cites E. W. Grove name on every bow of the remedy Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, a cold and grip cure priced at 33 cents. The note also promotes factory price pianos this month at Baldwin's Music Store.
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